Bag holder



Patented i3, 3.923.

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FRANK L. CUPPLES, OF NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS.

BAG HOLDER.

" Application filed September 12, 1922. Serial No. 587,651.

To all` i12/1,0m t may concern.' Be it known that I, `FRANK L. Corrales, a citizen of the United States, residing at Natick, in the county of Middlesex Y and State of llfassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a bag-holder adapted to be mounted on asupport suit` ably elevated above a iioor, and to support a net bag in position to receive articles to be confined in said bag while being washed.`

vided by the top of a laundry assoiting and bagging table.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification#- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a bagholder embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1, and shows the holder removably mountedv on a laundry basket.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Figf ure Il.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view.

Figures 5 and 6 are perspective views, showing the jaws detached from the frame.

Figure 7 is atop plan view, showing a portion of the top of a laundry table, and

'a bag-holder secured to said top.

1 `The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents a rectangular frame, preferably oblong, and preferably composed of wooden bars or members suitably united at the corners of the frame. Two opposite members of the frame are provided with longitudinal guides, which are preferably grooves 13, formed inthe innersides of said members.

14 represents a bag-engaging jaw fixed to a member of the frame, at one end of the opening bounded by the frame, and projecting above the upper side of the frame.

l5 represents a movable bagaengagng jaw, also` projecting above the upper side of the frame, and provided with runners 16, slidably engaged with said guides, the

runners being preferably elongated metal strips, riveted to the jaw 15, and adapted to slide in the grooves 18.

Each of said jaws is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet or plate metal, such as steel. right body -portion 14?, and a flange 1li", bent from said portion and extended from 'the opposite ends thereof, to form bag-engaging ears 14C, the body portion being attached, as by screws 18, to one of the frame members. The jaw 15 includes an upright body portion d5, and a flange 15b, bent from said portion and extended from the opposite ends thereof to form bagengaging ears 15". have bent end portions connected, as by screws or rivets 19, with the body portion 15a.

The jaws and port-ions of the frame surround an opening formed to receive a bag 20, engaged with the jaws, the bag depending from the frame when the latter is operatively supported above a floor. The frame is adapted to be loosely and removably mounted on a support, which may be the mouth of a laundry basket 21, resting on aifloor, the basket being oblong, and the frame resting on two opposite edges of the basket mouth, so that the bag depends into the basket. ket thus employed is to operatively support the frame and permit the charging of thc bag. To prevent endwise displacement of the frame on the basket, I provide stop members 22 and 23, projecting downwardly 95 from the under side of the frame, at one end thereof, and adapted to engage a portion of the basket 21, as indicated by Figure 2. It is obvious that the frame may rest loosely on any other suitable support suficiently elevated above a. floor;

As shown by Figure 7, the frame may be secured, as by screws 24, to the top 25 of a laundry assorting and bagging table, said top being provided with a recess or opeiiing 26, formed to receive the frame, the upper surface of the latter bein@r `preferably .flush with the upper surfaces of the top 25.

The frame being mounted on a support as described, the operator moves the jaw 15 toward the fixed jaw 14, until the jaws are spaced a minimum distance apart. The

The jaw 14 includes an up- 6o The strips forming the runners 1,6 75

The only function of the b=1s- 90 bag is then engaged with `the jaws and caused to depend through the openingin The movable )aw is then moved the frame. p away from the fixed jaw untilV the mouth of the bag is sufficiently opened.

The frictional engagement runners and the guides holds the movable jaw in bag-opening position. Vihen the bag; has been charged, the movable jaw is moved toward'the fixed jaw to permit the removal of the bag. l i

The frame and the jaws constitute a bagholding`- al'ipliante 'adapted to cooperate either with a basket-shaped support, on the mouth of which the frame is loosely deposit ed, or with a support 'termed as a table, thel top of which has an ropening;- wherein the frame is seein-ed, the fra-me' being' main tainable in a horizontal position on the vsupport,\jvith the jaws projecting above the fra1ne,'for the convenient engagement? ol a bag therewith. 'When the trame cooperates with either form of supportm a bag' engaged with the jaws depends through the frame opening and. isheld in position for conyenient filling".v y l .The movable jaw, the lixed jaw7 and por; tions of' the side members ot the ramesnrsound a variable baorece'iving space between the end portions of the trame. ySaid end portions project in opposite' directions from said space, so that the frame maybe operatively supported at both end portionsi to prevent a bag` depending through said space from tipping the frame. 1When the traine is portable and the appliance is adap'ted to be supoorted by a laundryI basket, the stops Q2 and at one endv portion ot the frame, engage one of the edges oi? the basket mouth, while the opposite end portion of the f 'ame bears loosely on theopposite eden of said month. As shown by Figure L the stop 22 is elongated,y and extends entirely across the 'fraine,while the stops'QS?` which. arerspaeed apart7 are located at opposite edges of' thcframe,` and collectively constitute the equivalent ot an elongated stop extending'l entirely ,across the frame. The elongation of sai-d stopsprevents horizontal endwise movements and horizontal swinging movements of the frame On the basket mouth'.

I claim: Y l

bag holder Consisting;- of readily portable rect'ang ular`l frame, Varelatively stationary bag engaging'j'aw having a' section ,secured tol one of the end membershof the traine, and extendingupward therefrom,' the nipper-X e'nd oi saidjaw being deflectedflat- 'erally and projecting over the upper surface "n mi, v a -,v.v i 4 ofthe end ramemember to which the Jaw between the isattached, and a seeonth` relatiyely movabledaw connected by tongue and groove .joints with the side members of the frame so that it may be m'oved longitudinally,T thereof and projectingabove the upper snrf'ace ot' the frame, the upper end oi said jaw being deected in a. direction opposite that in which the deflected section of the stationary jaw entends7 theiframe being distinct and complete in itself andl adapted to freely rest on a support.l

2, A bagholder consisting` of a rectangular frame distinct-and conipleteiinitseli, a relatively stationary .bag engagrim;A jaw secured to the inner lace 'of an end member of the frame and extending ,above the upper surface out the frame, vthe 'portion yoijsaitl j aw above the'i'rame being deflected laterally and projecting` over the upper taceiof the end frame member to which the jaw isv secured, a second,` relatively movable, jaw haw ing' a portion extending .betweenl the side members ofthe frame andprojectiimy above the iframe, the portion of said jaw abovev the frame beine" deflected laterally'in ay direction opposite that vin which `the deflected portion of the` stationary jaw f eXtends,v -the deflected portions of botlr .jaws be"- ing` of greater length than'` the `distance between the side members of the frame so that' the' ends thereof project over the side members of the frammandfmeans connectin'g,` the portion of' thel relatively mov'- able jaw between the side members oi the framek with said members and? permit-'ting movement of the aw longitudinally ofthe frame, said frame being adapted to freely rest on a support. Y Y Y 3. A bag` holder consisting, of ai rectanlgu lar :traine distinct and complete in itself', adapted to be supported in a horiZ'ont'al-iviosition and having 'one elementi ol a't'ongue and groove cfonnection on each side member. a relatively stationary bag; engagingjawattaclied to air endy `member of 'the vfiance"and extending above -the ripper surfaeejolilsaid memberythe y upper end of said jaw' being defiect'etl laterally" in a `direction toward the outer vertical face ol the end member-,end a relatively Iri'ovarblejaw provided with means cooperating witli the tongue and `groove connection'element'siof the: side memiiioved longitudinally o'tl the f1a'm`,and hay me' a portion extending'y abovetheftrame signature. 4 i p FRANKL. CUP'PLES.'

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